Ron Lamberty

March 5, 2026

E15 Tug-of-War

As the E15 year-round saga drags into its 15th year and stalls again even though we had ...

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January 14, 2026

Asked and Answered - 50 Trillion Times

At a recent U.S. Grains and BioProducts Council symposium in Japan, I addressed ethanol ...

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November 11, 2025

Ship Happens: Exports Keeping U.S. Ethanol Afloat

Ethanol exports roared back in 2024, and 2025 proved that roar had teeth behind it. With ...

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October 2, 2025

E15- It Ain't Gonna Sell Itself

The most frequent question I’ve been asked over the last couple months, from people ...

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July 23, 2025

Like Moths to a Podiatrist

Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this one. It’s been 10 years… A moth goes into a ...

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May 13, 2025

E15 101 100

My high school coaxed a legendary area football coach out of retirement when I was a ...

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March 17, 2025

So Shines a Good Fuel in a Weary World

Willy Wonka says, "So shines a good deed in a weary world" when Charlie returns the ...

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February 3, 2025

Uncertainty: The Driver of Progress

The traditional “New Year” column provides all the pressure of trying to “forecast" ...

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November 11, 2024

HEFFed Around and Found Out

ACE’s Hybrid Electric Flex Fuel (HEFF) demonstration project was extended a few weeks ...

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September 23, 2024

It's Not, Not About the Money

As the latest and largest of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Higher Blends ...

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July 17, 2024

Ethanol Loses a Creative Force and Good Friend

The day before Independence Day, the ethanol industry lost an innovative promoter, ...

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May 17, 2024

E15 - Not Done Yet

Many ethanol supporters breathed a sigh of relief and believed the E15 summer Reid vapor ...

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